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Hello! We're very glad to inform you that a new 10 Gbit/s full duplex server located in Zurich, Switzerland, is available: Alpherg. The AirVPN client will show automatically the new server; if you use any other OpenVPN or WireGuard client you can generate all the files to access it through our configuration/certificates/key generator (menu "Client Area"->"Config generator"). The server accepts connections on ports 53, 80, 443, 1194, 2018 UDP and TCP for OpenVPN and ports 1637, 47107 and 51820 UDP for WireGuard. Alpherg supports OpenVPN over SSL and OpenVPN over SSH, TLS 1.3, OpenVPN tls-crypt and WireGuard. Full IPv6 support is included as well. As usual no traffic limits, no logs, no discrimination on protocols and hardened security against various attacks with separate entry and exit-IP addresses. You can check the status as usual in our real time servers monitor by clicking the names of the servers. Do not hesitate to contact us for any information or issue. Kind regards & datalove AirVPN Staff

Hello! We're very glad to inform you that AirVPN Suite version 2.0.0 alpha 1 is now available. UPDATE 2023-11-24: version 2.0.0 alpha 2 is now available. UPDATE 2024-05-14: version 2.0.0 beta 1 is now available. UPDATE 2024-12-16: version 2.0.0 beta 2 is now available. UPDATE 2025-02-13: version 2.0.0 beta 3 is now available. UPDATE 2025-02-14: version 2.0.0 beta 4 is now available. UPDATE 2025-04-04: version 2.0.0 beta 5 is now available. UPDATE 2025-04-16: version 2.0.0 Release Candidate 1 is now available PLEASE NOTE THAT FROM NOW ON COMPATIBILITY WITH DEBIAN 10 AND ITS DERIVATIVES IS LOST, MAINLY BECAUSE THE SUITE IS NOW C++20 COMPLIANT. x86_64 LEGACY VERSION IS SUITABLE FOR DEBIAN 11 AirVPN Suite 2.0.0 introduces AirVPN's exclusive per app traffic splitting system as well as some bug fixes, revised code in order to pave the way towards the final and stable release, WireGuard support, and the latest OpenVPN3-AirVPN 3.11 library. Please see the respective changelogs for a complete list of preliminary changes for each component of the suite. If you feel adventurous and you wish to test this beta version, please feel free to report any glitch, bug and problem in this very thread. The 2.0.0 Release Candidate 1 Suite includes: Bluetit: lightweight, ultra-fast D-Bus controlled system daemon providing full connectivity and integration to AirVPN servers, or generic OpenVPN and WireGuard servers. Bluetit can also enforce Network Lock and/or connect the system to AirVPN during the bootstrap Goldcrest: Bluetit client, allowing full integration with AirVPN servers, users, keys, profiles as well as generic OpenVPN and WireGuard servers Hummingbird: lightweight and standalone binary for generic OpenVPN and WireGuard server connections Cuckoo: traffic split manager, granting full access and functionality to AirVPN's traffic split infrastructure airsu: a "run and forget" tool to automatically set and enable the user environment for the X.Org or Wayland based ecosystem without any user input WireGuard support WireGuard support is now available in Bluetit and Hummingbird. OpenVPN or WireGuard selection is controlled by Bluetit run control file option airvpntype or by Goldcrest option -f (short for --air-vpn-type). Possible values: openvpn, wireguard. Default: openvpn. The option is documented in the 1.3.0 manual as well. Bluetit run control file (/etc/airvpn/bluetit.rc) option: airvpntype: (string) VPN type to be used for AirVPN connections. Possible values: wireguard, openvpn. Default: wireguard Goldcrest option: --air-vpn-type, -f : VPN type for AirVPN connection <wireguard|openvpn> Suspend and resume services for systemd based systems For your comfort, the installation script can create suspend and resume services in systemd based systems, according to your preferences. allowing a more proper management of VPN connections when the system is suspended and resumed. The network connection detection code has also been rewritten to provide more appropriate behaviour. Asynchronous mode A new asynchronous mode (off by default) is supported by Bluetit and Goldcrest, allowing asynchronous connections. Network Lock can be used accordingly in asynchronous connections. Please consult the readme.md file included in every tarball for more information and details. Word completion on bash and zsh Auto completion is now available by pressing the TAB key when entering any Goldcrest or Hummingbird option and filename on a bash or zsh interpreter. Auto completion files are installed automatically by the installation script. AirVPN's VPN traffic splitting AirVPN Suite version 2.0.0 introduces traffic splitting by using a dedicated network namespace, therefore completely separating the VPN traffic from unencrypted and "out of the tunnel" traffic. The VPN traffic is carried out in the default (main) namespace, ensuring all system data and traffic to be encrypted and tunneled into the VPN by default. No clear and unencrypted data are allowed to pass through the default namespace. Any optional unencrypted data or clear network traffic must be explicitly requested by an authorized user with the right to run cuckoo, the AirVPN traffic split manager tool. AirVPN's traffic splitting is enabled and controlled by Bluetit and by means of run control directives. The system has been created in order to minimize any tedious or extensive configuration, even to the minimal point of telling Bluetit to enable traffic splitting with no other setting. In order to enable and control AirVPN's traffic splitting, the below new run control directives for /etc/airvpn/bluetit.rc have been introduced: allowtrafficsplitting: (on/off) enable or disable traffic splitting (unencrypted and out of the tunnel traffic) Default: off trafficsplitnamespace: (string) name of Linux network namespace dedicated to traffic splitting. Default: aircuckoo trafficsplitinterface: (string) name of the physical network interface to be used for traffic splitting. All the unencrypted and out of the tunnel data will pass through the specified network device/interface. In case this directive is not used and unspecified, Bluetit will automatically use the main network interface of the system and connected to the default gateway. Default: unspecified trafficsplitnamespaceinterface: (string) name of the virtual network interface to be associated to the Linux network namespace dedicated to traffic splitting. Default: ckveth0 trafficsplitipv4: (IPv4 address|auto) IPv4 address of the virtual network interface used for traffic splitting. In case it is set to 'auto', Bluetit will try to automatically assign an unused IPv4 address belonging to the system's host sub-network (/24) Default: auto trafficsplitipv6: (IPv6 address|auto) IPv6 address of the virtual network interface used for traffic splitting. In case it is set to 'auto', Bluetit will try to automatically assign an unused IPv6 address belonging to the system's host sub-network (/64) Default: auto trafficsplitfirewall: (on/off) enable or disable the firewall in Linux network namespace dedicated to traffic splitting. The firewall is set up with a minimal rule set for a very basic security model. Default: off AirVPN's traffic splitting is designed in order to minimize any further configuration from the system administrator. To actually enable traffic splitting, it is just needed to set "allowtrafficsplitting" directive to "on" and Bluetit will configure the traffic split namespace with the default options as explained above. When needed, the system administrator can finely tune the traffic splitting service by using the above directives. Power and limitations The adopted solution offers a remarkable security bonus in terms of isolation. For example, it gets rid of the dangerous DNS "leaks in" typical of cgroups based traffic splitting solutions. However, the dedicated namespace needs an exclusive IP address. If the system is behind a NAT (connected to a home router for example) this is not a problem, but if the system is not behind any NAT, i.e. it is assigned directly a public IP address, you will need another public IP address for the network namespace dedicated to traffic splitting. You will need to manually set the other public IP address on the trafficsplitipv4 or trafficsplitipv6 directive as the guessing abilities of Bluetit may work only within a private subnet. Please keep this limitation in mind especially if you want to run the Suite with per app traffic splitting on a dedicated or virtual server in some datacenter, as they are most of the times NOT behind any NAT. Introducing Cuckoo, the AirVPN traffic splitting manager tool Bluetit supports and implements a traffic splitting facility by using a dedicated network namespace. AirVPN Traffic splitting is implemented by using a separate and independent network namespace, directly communicating with the system’s default gateway through a virtual interface associated to a physical network interface available in the system. This ensures a true separation of traffic between tunneled and encrypted VPN data from the unencrypted and clear data to be channeled out of the VPN tunnel. The unencrypted traffic generated within the traffic splitting network namespace will never pass through the default (main) namespace - which is under the VPN control - including, and most importantly, DNS requests. To generate unencrypted and out of the tunnel traffic, any application software must be run inside the traffic split namespace by using the dedicated traffic split tool cuckoo which can be run by users belonging to the airvpn group only and it cannot be used by the superuser. The usage is documented in the manual as well as on the inline help. The traffic split namespace uses its own routing, network channels and DNS. It will not interfere or communicate in any way with the default namespace using its own encrypted tunnel. As for DNS, the traffic split namespace will use default system DNS settings. Programs started with cuckoo are regular Linux processes and, as such, can be managed (stopped, interrupted, paused, terminated and killed) by using the usual process control tools. The programs started by cuckoo are assigned to the user who started cuckoo. As a final note, in order to work properly, the following permissions must be granted to cuckoo and they are always checked at each run. Owner: root Group: airvpn Permissions: -rwsr-xr-x (owner can read, write, execute and setuid; group can read and execute, others can read and execute) Special note for snap packages users Snap is a controversial, locking-in package management system developed by Canonical and praised by Microsoft. It packages applications as snaps, which are self-contained units that include all necessary dependencies and run in a sandboxed environment in its default namespace. Therefore, "snap" applications will bypass the order by the system via Cuckoo to have an application running in one specific namespace created for reverse traffic splitting. As a result, snap applications will jettison the Suite's reverse traffic splitting feature. Currently, you must avoid snap packages of those applications whose traffic must flow outside the VPN tunnel. The issue is particularly relevant ever since Ubuntu migrated certain packages exclusively to Snap, such as Chromium and Firefox. At the moment it is still possible to eradicate snap from various distributions, including Ubuntu, quickly. Special note for firewalld users Please read here, it's very important: https://airvpn.org/forums/topic/70164-linux-network-lock-and-firewalld/ AirVPN Switch User Tool Airsu Running an application in a graphical environment requires a user having a local environment properly set, in particular variables and access to specific sockets or cookies. They are usually set at the moment of graphical login, while they may not be properly set in case a user logged in by using the system tool su. In this specific case the user will not probably be allowed to access the graphical environment, so any GUI application will not start. AirVPN’s airsu is used for this specific purpose and configures the user environment to the current X.Org (X11) or Wayland based manager, thus allowing access to GUI applications when run through cuckoo. Note on GUI software and Web Browsers The previous limitations on browsers have been completely resolved. Furthermore, complete compatibility with Wayland based environment has been implemented. Because of the specific Linux architecture and namespaces, some applications may need to specify the graphical environment in order to start and use the currently selected window manager on an X.Org (X11) or Wayland based habitat. Cuckoo can automatically do this by “injecting” predefined options to some preset applications, in particular those based on the chromium engines, most of them being web browsers. To see the list of predefined applications, please start cuckoo with --list-preset-apps option. When running an application with cuckoo, the user should make sure to actually start a new instance. This is usually granted by starting an application from the command line (such as running it with cuckoo). By starting an application from the desktop environment this may not happen. Download AirVPN Suite 2.0.0 Release Candidate 1 ARM 64 bit: https://eddie.website/repository/AirVPN-Suite/2.0-RC1/AirVPN-Suite-aarch64-2.0.0-RC-1.tar.gz https://eddie.website/repository/AirVPN-Suite/2.0-RC1/AirVPN-Suite-aarch64-2.0.0-RC-1.tar.gz.sha512 ARM 64 bit legacy: https://eddie.website/repository/AirVPN-Suite/2.0-RC1/AirVPN-Suite-aarch64-legacy-2.0.0-RC-1.tar.gz https://eddie.website/repository/AirVPN-Suite/2.0-RC1/AirVPN-Suite-aarch64-legacy-2.0.0-RC-1.tar.gz.sha512 ARM 32 bit: https://eddie.website/repository/AirVPN-Suite/2.0-RC1/AirVPN-Suite-armv7l-2.0.0-RC-1.tar.gz https://eddie.website/repository/AirVPN-Suite/2.0-RC1/AirVPN-Suite-armv7l-2.0.0-RC-1.tar.gz.sha512 ARM 32 bit legacy: https://eddie.website/repository/AirVPN-Suite/2.0-RC1/AirVPN-Suite-armv7l-legacy-2.0.0-RC-1.tar.gz https://eddie.website/repository/AirVPN-Suite/2.0-RC1/AirVPN-Suite-armv7l-legacy-2.0.0-RC-1.tar.gz.sha512 x86-64: https://eddie.website/repository/AirVPN-Suite/2.0-RC1/AirVPN-Suite-x86_64-2.0.0-RC-1.tar.gz https://eddie.website/repository/AirVPN-Suite/2.0-RC1/AirVPN-Suite-x86_64-2.0.0-RC-1.tar.gz.sha512 x86-64 legacy: https://eddie.website/repository/AirVPN-Suite/2.0-RC1/AirVPN-Suite-x86_64-legacy-2.0.0-RC-1.tar.gz https://eddie.website/repository/AirVPN-Suite/2.0-RC1/AirVPN-Suite-x86_64-legacy-2.0.0-RC-1.tar.gz.sha512 Changelogs Changelogs are available inside each package. Kind regards & Datalove AirVPN Staff

Hello! We're glad to inform you that we have just released: "Road To OpenVPN 2.6" migration plan - https://airvpn.org/road_to_openvpn26/ A new version of Config Generator with options related to OpenVPN 2.6 A new Eddie Desktop beta release (2.23.0) related to the road above, feature-locked to reach stable release https://airvpn.org/forums/topic/56428-eddie-desktop-223-beta-released/ A new server (Marsic), the first running OpenVPN 2.6 powered by DCO (server-side) and ready for client-side DCO. Kind regards & datalove AirVPN Staff

Hello! We're very glad to inform you that a new 1 Gbit/s (full duplex) server located in Taipei (Taiwan), is available: Sulafat. The server supports OpenVPN over SSL and OpenVPN over SSH, TLS 1.3, OpenVPN tls-crypt and WireGuard. The AirVPN client will show automatically the new server; if you use any other OpenVPN or WireGuard client you can generate all the files to access them through our configuration/certificates/key generator (menu "Client Area"->"Config generator"). The server accepts connections on ports 53, 80, 443, 1194, 2018 UDP and TCP for OpenVPN and ports 1637, 47107 and 51820 UDP for WireGuard. Full IPv6 support is included as well. As usual no traffic limits, no logs, no discrimination on protocols and hardened security against various attacks with separate entry and exit-IP addresses and 4096 bit DH key not shared with any other VPN server. This is our first server in Taiwan; the tests we have performed during the last week have been encouraging but not totally perfect for our quality standards. Your feedback is welcome and it will be crucial to determine whether this server's datacenter can meet your expectations and requirements. You can check the status in our real time servers monitor: https://airvpn.org/servers/Sulafat/ Kind regards & datalove AirVPN Staff

The simple answer is: No, it is not a great solution. Some clients are connected for months here, so they would absolutely expose themselves over time. Forcing them to reconnect every now and then if they want to preserve their privacy is bad design. If everyone's got one shared IP, it gets more difficult to tell the users apart. Offering this service for those who want it requires the appropriate infrastructure. It must be possible to switch it at a moment's notice, per account, and per device. Then thinking about how to do this with OpenVPN and Wireguard simultaneously, seamlessly. You also need to educate people that this will only affect v6, a protocol some people around here even disable outright, so your target audience is small, if not niche. All in all, doing this is not rewarding, and, as written, goes against AirVPN design.

Hello! We inform you that due to a few problems we are forced to replace the server Kitalpha in Switzerland. A much more powerful server will replace Kitalpha in the next days and it will be connected to a 10 Gbit/s full duplex port and line. As usual, the new server will be announced in this "News" forum in due time. The new server will not only replace Kitalpha but will also provide the additional bandwidth that several users require in Switzerland. We roughly estimate that the server will be available to you by November the 25th. Kind regards & datalove AirVPN Staff

Hello! We're very glad to inform you that four new 10 Gbit/s full duplex servers located in New York City are available: Muliphein, Paikauhale, Terebellum, Unukalhai. They have replaced Haedus, Iklil and Lich with more powerful hardware and higher overall bandwidth. The AirVPN client will show automatically the new servers; if you use any other OpenVPN or WireGuard client you can generate all the files to access them through our configuration/certificates/key generator (menu "Client Area"->"Config generator"). The servers accept connections on ports 53, 80, 443, 1194, 2018 UDP and TCP for OpenVPN and ports 1637, 47107 and 51820 UDP for WireGuard. The servers support OpenVPN over SSL and OpenVPN over SSH, TLS 1.3, OpenVPN tls-crypt and WireGuard. Full IPv6 support is included as well. As usual no traffic limits, no logs, no discrimination on protocols and hardened security against various attacks with separate entry and exit-IP addresses. You can check the status as usual in our real time servers monitor by clicking the names of the servers. Do not hesitate to contact us for any information or issue. Kind regards and datalove AirVPN Team

Hello! We're very glad to inform you that a new 1 Gbit/s full duplex server located in Madrid (Spain) is available: Jishui. The AirVPN client will show automatically the new server. If you use any other OpenVPN or WireGuard client you can generate all the files to access it through our configuration/certificates/key generator (menu "Client Area"->"Config generator"). The server accepts OpenVPN connections on ports 53, 80, 443, 1194, 2018 UDP and TCP, and WireGuard connections on ports 1637, 47107 and 51820. Just like every other Air server, Jishui supports OpenVPN over SSL and OpenVPN over SSH, TLS 1.3, tls-crypt and WireGuard. Full IPv6 support is included as well. As usual no traffic limits, no logs, no discrimination on protocols and hardened security against various attacks with separate entry and exit-IP addresses. You can check the server status as usual in our real time servers monitor: https://airvpn.org/servers/Jishui Do not hesitate to contact us for any information or issue. Kind regards and datalove AirVPN Team

Hello! We're very glad to inform you that three new 10 Gbit/s full duplex servers located in Los Angeles, California, are available: Maia, Sarin, Xamidimura. They have replaced Groombridge, Saclateni and Teegarden with more powerful hardware and higher overall bandwidth. The AirVPN client will show automatically the new servers; if you use any other OpenVPN or WireGuard client you can generate all the files to access them through our configuration/certificates/key generator (menu "Client Area"->"Config generator"). The servers accept connections on ports 53, 80, 443, 1194, 2018 UDP and TCP for OpenVPN and ports 1637, 47107 and 51820 UDP for WireGuard. The new servers support OpenVPN over SSL and OpenVPN over SSH, TLS 1.3, OpenVPN tls-crypt and WireGuard. Full IPv6 support is included as well. As usual no traffic limits, no logs, no discrimination on protocols and hardened security against various attacks with separate entry and exit-IP addresses. You can check the status as usual in our real time servers monitor by clicking the names of the servers. Do not hesitate to contact us for any information or issue. Kind regards & datalove AirVPN Team

Hello! We're very glad to inform you that three new 10 Gbit/s full duplex servers located in Phoenix, Arizona, are available: Gunibuu, Kambalia, Sheratan. They have replaced Chalawan, Indus, Phoenix and Virgo with more powerful hardware and higher overall bandwidth. The AirVPN client will show automatically the new servers; if you use any other OpenVPN or WireGuard client you can generate all the files to access them through our configuration/certificates/key generator (menu "Client Area"->"Config generator"). The servers accept connections on ports 53, 80, 443, 1194, 2018 UDP and TCP for OpenVPN and ports 1637, 47107 and 51820 UDP for WireGuard. The servers support OpenVPN over SSL and OpenVPN over SSH, TLS 1.3, OpenVPN tls-crypt and WireGuard. Full IPv6 support is included as well. As usual no traffic limits, no logs, no discrimination on protocols and hardened security against various attacks with separate entry and exit-IP addresses. You can check the status as usual in our real time servers monitor by clicking the names of the servers. Do not hesitate to contact us for any information or issue. Kind regards & datalove AirVPN Team

Noticed this a few hours ago with great speeds. Airvpn is awesome!

Hello! The previous problem is resolved. When the connection attempt fails your network is unreachable according to OpenVPN: . 2024.07.01 15:57:48 - OpenVPN > write UDP: Network is unreachable (code=51) . 2024.07.01 15:57:48 - OpenVPN > Network unreachable, restarting The error message hints at various options: your network is down your physical interface is down the network is up but UDP is blocked directly in the machine (check firewall etc.) Please test a connection over WireGuard to see whether WireGuard can't reach the network too. Switch to WireGuard in Preferences > Protocols window (uncheck Automatic, select any WireGuard line and click Save). Kind regards

use "SSH protocol connection": https://airvpn.org/ssh/

AirVPN does more than just purchase a server, route all traffic and count the money. They are actually interested in the privacy, which makes me to subscribe every year again.

Probably because they decided not to use women and children as suicide bombers, or fire rockets indiscriminately into civilian areas. But this isn't really the place to discuss it.

The United States is an enemy of the Internet. More and more our technology and communications are captured illegaly and stored for many years and then used against us in court. The government seems to sincerely believe that it owns the Internet and regulary hacks into foreign servers to retrieve data, seizes domain names, etc. and any citizen who can be considered a hacker under broad laws will be thrown in prison. My warning as a US citizen is to watch out, encrypt, keep everything secure, keep data offshore, and avoid any US-influenced entities such as ICANN. Thank you AirVPN for the great continued service. I've been using multiple VPN connections almost constantly for the past year everywhere and as far as I can see that will continue